[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H2021-H2022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions were 
introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. GILMAN:
       H.R. 1745. A bill to provide that all American citizens 
     living abroad shall (for purposes of the apportionment of 
     Representatives in Congress among the several States and for 
     other purposes) be included in future decennial censuses of 
     population, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. BAKER (for himself, Mr. Simmons, and Mr. Smith 
             of New Jersey):
       H.R. 1746. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs establish a 
     single ``1-800'' telephone number for access by the public to 
     veterans benefits counselors of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs and to ensure that such counselors have available to 
     them information about veterans benefits provided by all 
     Federal departments and agencies and by State governments; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. KELLY:
       H.R. 1747. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit taking a child hostage in order to evade arrest; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CANTOR (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis 
             of Virginia, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Goode, 
             Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Scott, and Mr. Goodlatte):
       H.R. 1748. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 805 Glen Burnie Road in 
     Richmond, Virginia, as the ``Tom Bliley Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia (for herself, Mr. 
             Schrock, Mr. Scott, Mr. Goode, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
             Cantor, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Wolf, 
             and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 1749. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 685 Turnberry Road in 
     Newport News, Virginia, as the ``Herbert H. Bateman Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Frank, Mr. Coyne, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Boucher, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Clement, Mr. John, 
             Ms. Rivers, Mr. Allen, Mr. Levin, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
             Baldacci, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Holden, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. 
             Solis, and Mr. Kildee):
       H.R. 1750. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to authorize funding for the State water 
     pollution control revolving fund program for fiscal year 2002 
     through 2006; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
             of Texas, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Frank, Mr. Coyne, Mr. 
             Engel, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Boucher, Mrs. Christensen, 
             Mr. Etheridge, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             DeLauro, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Clement, Mr. John, 
             Ms. Rivers, Mr. Allen, Mr. Levin, Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
             Baldacci, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
             Holden, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. 
             Solis, and Mr. Kildee):
       H.R. 1751. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2002 
     through 2006 for the municipal construction grant program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.
           By Mr. FOLEY:
       H.R. 1752. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to modify the at-risk rules for publicly traded 
     nonrecourse debt; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Scott, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Cantor, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Wolf, 
             and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 1753. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 419 Rutherford Avenue, N.E., 
     in Roanoke, Virginia, as the ``M. Caldwell Butler Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sweeney, 
             Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Oxley, and 
             Mr. McHugh):
       H.R. 1754. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide that ancestors and lineal descendants of past 
     or present members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into 
     account in determining whether a veterans' organization is 
     exempt from tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. 
             Neal of Massachusetts):
       H.R. 1755. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to prevent the use of reinsurance with foreign persons 
     to enable domestic nonlife insurance companies to evade 
     United States income taxation; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1756. A bill to amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 
     1930 to make certain products eligible for drawback and to 
     simplify and clarify certain drawback provisions; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas:
       H.R. 1757. A bill to amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 
     1930 to make certain products eligible for drawback; to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. LaFALCE:
       H.R. 1758. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage under part B of the 
     Medicare Program of certain beta interferons and other 
     biologicals and drugs approved by the Food and Drug 
     Administration for treatment of mulitple sclerosis; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. McDERMOTT (for himself and Ms. Dunn):
       H.R. 1759. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for payment under the Medicare 
     Program for more frequent hemodialysis treatments; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Tom Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
             Moran of Virginia, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Solis, Mr. 
             Ackerman, Mr. Foley, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
             Serrano, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Reyes, 
             Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Underwood, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Baca, Mr. Delahunt, 
             Mr. Filner, Mr. Berman, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Capuano, 
             Mrs. Morella, Mr. Kucinich, and Ms. Pelosi):
       H.R. 1760. A bill to authorize emergency disaster 
     assistance for recovery from the earthquakes of January and 
     February 2001 in the Republic of India and the Republic of El 
     Salvador, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
           By Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann 
             Davis of Virginia, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Scott, Mr. Goode, 
             Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Wolf, and 
             Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 1761. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 8588 Richmond Highway in 
     Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Herb E. Harris Post Office

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     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       H.R. 1762. A bill to restore the second amendment rights of 
     all Americans; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:
       H.R. 1763. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to increase the personal needs allowance applied to 
     institutionalized individuals under the Medicaid Program; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Capuano, Mr. Condit, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Frank, Mr. 
             Gilman, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Holden, Mr. Horn, Ms. 
             Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
             Kind, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
             McGovern, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, 
             Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rush, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
             Sweeney, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Evans, Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico, and Mr. Brown of Ohio):
       H.R. 1764. A bill to ensure that the incarceration of 
     inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and 
     that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the 
     United States shall be housed in facilities managed and 
     maintained by Federal, State, or local governments; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. UPTON (for himself, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Fossella, 
             Mr. Terry, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
             Sawyer, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Rush, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
             Ehrlich, Mr. Towns, Mr. Gillmor, and Mr. Bilirakis):
       H.R. 1765. A bill to increase penalties for common carrier 
     violations of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Scott, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Boucher, and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 1766. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 4270 John Marr Drive in 
     Annandale, Virginia, as the ``Stan Parris Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of 
             Virginia, Mr. Schrock, Mr. Scott, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
             Goodlatte, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
             Boucher, and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia):
       H.R. 1767. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 205 South Main Street in 
     Culpepper, Virginia, as the ``D. French Slaughter Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Mr. Smith of New 
             Jersey):
       H. Con. Res. 128. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that the continued participation of the 
     Russian Federation in the Group of Eight must be conditioned 
     on the Russian Federation's voluntary acceptance of and 
     adherence to the norms and standards of democracy; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
           By Mrs. McCARTHY of New York (for herself and Ms. 
             Norton):
       H. Con. Res. 129. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress regarding the establishment of Million Mom 
     March Day; to the Committee on Government Reform.
           By Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Mr. Wu, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
             Abercrombie, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Mink 
             of Hawaii, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Berkley, Ms. 
             Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
             Filner, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. 
             Morella, Mr. Stark, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Velazquez, 
             and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas):
       H. Con. Res. 130. Concurrent resolution authorizing 
     printing of the book entitled ``Asian and Pacific Islander 
     Americans in Congress''; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
             Pitts, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Wamp, and Mr. Hastings of 
             Florida):
       H. Res. 137. A resolution congratulating the Kalmyk 
     community of the United States on the 50th anniversary of 
     their emigration to the United States from displaced persons 
     camps in Germany after World War II; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.

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